Quentin Grimes got his NBA start in New York and became a well-liked, respected contributor for the Knicks in his three-plus seasons with them.
On Wednesday, he sliced up his old team like the Thanksgiving turkey that the Mavericks will carve on Thursday.
Grimes pestered the Knicks at both ends of the court as the Mavericks got a major boost from their energizer and powered away to a 129-114 victory at American Airlines Center.
It wasn’t a massive numbers night for Grimes. But it was a thing of beauty in the way that he helped the Mavericks spring free to a 46-22 lead early in the second quarter, a cushion they never surrendered in winning for the sixth time in seven games to improve to 11-8 on the season.